HIS282H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Endogamy, Nair, Sari
Document Summary
Lecture 08 - social anxieties and social constructions of gender. Godeller: sex-related differences have nothing to do with sexuality like saying girls wear make-up or girls have long hair . System that structures gender relations, men hold power and control of property. Nature and culture have to be explained (sari and blouse) Samita sen: system fixed on regulation of women"s reproductive capacity. Material relations, gender divisions of labour and property ownership. Political and legal relations; i. e, laws and regulations to reinforce and below. Ideological and cultural relations, i. e morals, customs, norms and expectations. These ideas apply to mode of production (tributary, capitalists) and caste / race: class, caste/race, gender as effects of mode of production. Norms and laws in different parts of india. Ideas of what it meant to be a woman and man. Restructured laws and material practices around gender (law) Not just something imposed from on high (formulation, implementation, negotiated)
